11/08/2018
Memory #5 — 9/7/2013. To celebrate DT•LAB, a bookstore we opened inside The Last Bookstore, we programmed a one day festival called LAB•FEST. Spearheaded by Peter Woods, who was still working at The Last Bookstore at the time, we brought in writers, artists, critics, and musicians and just rocked the hell out for 12 hours. It was unlike anything that had been done by anyone in LA. And it planted the seed for what was to come the following summer. The line-up consisted of literary heroes such as Luis Javier Rodriguez and Sesshu Foster in conversation, and teenaged writers such as Sam Dufelmeier. A panel of some of best street artists moderated by Shana Nys Dambrot. Writers from PEN USA Emerging Voices to the poets of Poesia Para La Gente. From young singer songwriter @Ariana Evans to Grammy Award winning band Quetzal. Plus Andrew Choate, Steve Abee, Wendy C Ortiz, Kima Jones, Lilliam Rivera, Mike Sonksen, El-Haru Kuroi, Traci Akemi Kato-kiriyama, Khadija Anderson, Billy Burgos, Melora Walters, Chris Kerr, Kate Crash, The Six Shooters, Isaac Takeuchi, Cara Chow, Lauren Marks, Azarin Sadegh, Reyna Grande, CRYPTIK, Shark Toof, Andrew Hem, Nathan Ota, JT Steiny, Jen Hofer. Damn. it was a spectacular day attended by over a thousand people and gave us a sense of what we could do as tiniest indie press in bringing people of our city together. #WLPX #theaccomplices